Blinken Denies Role in Open Letter That Called Hunter Biden Laptop Story Russian Disinfo
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denied playing any part in the letter signed by more than 50 former intelligence officials that sought to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story as a Russian disinformation campaign.
“One of the great benefits of this job is that I don’t do politics and don’t engage in it,” Blinken told Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall in an interview on May 1 when asked if he had any role in the letter.
“But with regard to that letter, I didn’t—it wasn’t my idea, didn’t ask for it, didn’t solicit it. And I think the testimony that the former deputy director of the CIA, Mike Morrell, put forward confirms that,” Blinken said….